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  • 21Vegetable oil used as fuel — For engines designed to burn #2 diesel fuel, the viscosity of vegetable oil must be lowered to allow for proper atomization of fuel, otherwise incomplete combustion and carbon build up will ultimately damage the engine. Many enthusiasts refer to… …

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  • 22Peak oil — A logistic distribution shaped production curve, as originally suggested by M. King Hubbert in 1956 …

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  • 232002 world oil market chronology — *January 1: The OPEC crude oil production quota cuts of 1.5 million barrels per day, announced on December 28, officially go into effect for six months. Crude oil production or export cuts of convert|462500|oilbbl/d|m3/d by five non OPEC oil… …

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  • 24Fossil-fuel power station — A working coal plant in Rochester, Minnesota The St. Clair Power Plant, a large coal fired ge …

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  • 25Fossil fuel power plant — A fossil fuel power plant burns fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas or petroleum (oil) to produce electricity.Fossil fuel power plants are designed on a large scale for continuous operation. In many countries, such plants provide most of the… …

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  • 262003 world oil market chronology — *January 6: Venezuelan Minister of Energy and Mines Rafael Ramírez announces that the Venezuelan government plans to split state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PdVSA) into two separate entities as part of a large scale restructuring of… …

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  • 27gas-oil — gasoil ou gas oil → gazole gas oil, gasoil n. m. Syn. (off. déconseillé) de gazole. ⇒GASOIL, GAS( )OIL, (GAS OIL, GAS OIL)subst. masc. ,,Distillat du pétrole obtenu après le kérosène, utilisé pour la carburation du gaz à l eau et pour l… …

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  • 28gas oil — ⇒GASOIL, GAS( )OIL, (GAS OIL, GAS OIL)subst. masc. ,,Distillat du pétrole obtenu après le kérosène, utilisé pour la carburation du gaz à l eau et pour l alimentation des moteurs Diesel fixes ou mobiles (Comité d étude des Termes techniques… …

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  • 29Cubic mile of oil — The cubic mile of oil (CMO) is a unit of energy. It was created by Hew Crane of SRI International to aid in public understanding of global scale energy consumption and resources.[1] Significant sources of energy include oil, coal, natural gas,… …

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  • 30gas-oil, gas-oils ou gasoil ou gazole — ● gas oil, gas oils ou gasoil ou gazole nom masculin (américain gas oil, de gas, gaz, et oil, pétrole) Liquide pétrolier jaune clair, légèrement visqueux, utilisé comme carburant et comme combustible. ● gas oil, gas oils ou gasoil ou gazole… …

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